Unsafe Foods You Should Avoid Feeding Baby

As your baby grows, you introduce more solid foods, fruits, and snacks to the diet. Your child is learning to eat, so; the two...

Salt in Baby’s Food

Dietary salt is an inorganic compound consisting of sodium and chloride ions. It is found naturally in many foods or added to foods because...

Finger Foods

Finger foods are small pieces of food that your baby can pick and bring to the mouth with their fingers. Giving your baby finger...

Safe Hygiene Practices for Baby’s Food

Your baby’s health is your greatest concern right now. Apart from sterilizing the utensils and every surface you place the baby on, you must...

Quantity Guidelines when feeding an infant (0-6months)

Knowing what, when, and how to feed a child is essential. For normal development, it is excellent to have all the effective ways to...

Solids Feeding Guide

Solid foods should add to, not replace, breast milk or commercial iron-fortified infant formula, which are nutritionally superior for young babies. Let your baby’s...
Nutritional Requirements

Nutritional Requirements

Complementary foods should provide sufficient energy, protein and micronutrients to cover a child's energy and nutrient gaps so that together with breast milk, they...

Fluid Intake for Babies

Infants & children are at greater risk for dehydration because of their age. You should ensure that your baby is having enough fluids each...

Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding

1. Practice exclusive breastfeeding from birth to 6 months of age, and introduce complementary foods at 6 months of age (180 days) while continuing...

Texture Transition guide

The most suitable consistency for an infant's or young child's food depends on age and neuromuscular development of the jaws. Beginning at 6 months, an...
Eating or drinking during labor

Is eating or drinking during labour safe?

The debate on whether women in labour should be allowed to eat or drink has been going on for many decades. However, in recent...

Getting Pregnant after Cancer Treatment

For most women that have been declared cancer-free, getting pregnant is usually the next thing on their mind, especially if they are within the...

Quantity Guideline for the Toddler

When planning and serving meals to your toddler, try to have him/her consume the following on a daily basis. A good rule for serving...
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